# Automatic Platform Optimization

Improve WordPress site performance by serving it from Cloudflare's global network

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## Overview

- [Automatic Platform Optimization](https://developers.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimization/index.md)

## About

- [About](https://developers.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimization/about/index.md)
- [Plugin compatibility](https://developers.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimization/about/plugin-compatibility/index.md)
- [Test current speed](https://developers.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimization/about/test-current-speed/index.md)

## Troubleshooting

- [Troubleshooting](https://developers.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimization/troubleshooting/index.md)
- [FAQs](https://developers.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimization/troubleshooting/faq/index.md)

## get-started

- [Activate the Cloudflare WordPress plugin](https://developers.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimization/get-started/activate-cf-wp-plugin/index.md): The easiest way to begin using APO is directly from Cloudflare’s WordPress plugin. Before you can use APO, you must first install and activate the plugin and then activate APO.
- [Change nameservers](https://developers.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimization/get-started/change-nameservers/index.md)
- [Confirm DNS records](https://developers.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimization/get-started/confirm-dns-records/index.md)
- [Verify APO works](https://developers.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimization/get-started/verify-apo-works/index.md): When APO is working, three headers are present:  CF-Cache-Status, cf-apo-via,cf-edge-cache. APO works correctly when the headers exactly match the headers below.

## reference

- [Cache by device type](https://developers.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimization/reference/cache-device-type/index.md)
- [Page Rule integration with APO](https://developers.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimization/reference/page-rule-integration/index.md)
- [Query parameters and cached responses](https://developers.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimization/reference/query-parameters/index.md)
- [Subdomains and subdirectories](https://developers.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimization/reference/subdomain-subdirectories/index.md)